Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1657

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.2%
Allow Rate
-28.8% vs TC avg
548
Total Applications
+49.2%
Interview Lift
1632
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 507 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
39.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17056446 SPERM FERTILITY CAPACITY TEST AND SPERM DECAPACITATING SUPPLEMENT Final Rejection THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
19224021 USE OF AKKERMANSIA FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS Non-Final OA WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
17466516 USE OF AKKERMANSIA FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS Non-Final OA WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
18260914 A METHOD TO IDENTIFY LVAD PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED LEVELS OF BLOOD ACTIVATION USING COUPON TESTS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18220864 COMBINATION THERAPEUTICS USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
16310981 Method and Composition for Reducing Pathogens in Rendered Food Products Using Lactic Acid Bacteria Non-Final OA Texas Tech University System
18601536 PROBIOTICS FOR COGNITIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
18520470 HEMATOPOIETIC CELL PHENOTYPING USING CIRCULATING CELL-FREE MARKERS Non-Final OA Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
18070401 FATTY LIVER AND LIVER FIBROSIS EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON IMPEDANCE Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
17431997 NOVEL USES OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF TREMOR Non-Final OA Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
17789045 LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM FERMENTATION PROMOTER Final Rejection MEIJI CO., LTD.
18285088 PROCESS FOR BIOCONJUGATE PRODUCTION Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.
17907746 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING MODIFIED HDL AND ANALYTICAL REAGENT USED THEREFOR Non-Final OA Tatsuya Sawamura
18240485 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ORAL MINOXIDIL FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA Non-Final OA Follea International
17637128 Cardiovascular Risk Event Prediction and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA SomaLogic Operating Co., Inc.
18041606 METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF BASOPHIL ACTIVATION AND KITS THEREFORE Non-Final OA FORSCHUNGZENTRUM BORSTEL LEIBNIZ-LUNGENZENTRUM
16245063 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CREATININE ASSAYS AND BLOOD UREA NITROGEN Final Rejection POLYMER TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
17629603 Astaxanthin Over-Producing Strains of Phaffia Rhodozyma Non-Final OA NextFerm Technologies Ltd.
17606033 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG INSTILLATION INTO THE BLADDER AND TREATMENT OF BLADDER AILMENTS Non-Final OA TRIGONE PHARMA LTD.
17427446 T CELL REPERTOIRE DYNAMICS AND ONCOLYTIC VIRAL THERAPY Non-Final OA Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
17310295 LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS STRAINS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR THE TREATMENT OF VISCERAL PAIN Final Rejection Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
17282667 ARTIFICIAL HUMAN PULMONARY AIRWAY AND METHODS OF PREPARATION Non-Final OA Andrei GEORGESCU

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